Show HN: A simple memorable site to view and easily copy your public IP address
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#2> An ad/script blocker has blocked the ability to view your public IP.
This is BS. :-(
Googling "what's my IP" is pretty memorable as well.
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#3> An ad/script blocker has blocked the ability to view your public IP. This is BS. :-( Googling "what's my IP" is pretty memorable as well.
Yeah, I know - it uses ipify.org and my guess is some sites might use it for tracking, which is a shame. Note that no ads or tracking are used for the site, and I added a page showing uBlock users how to only allow calls to ipify from this domain.
While Google and https://api.ipify.org/ are cool and fast and memorable, this started as a side project to make it easy to copy and display in the tab title as well (plus I found a cheap domain). Thanks for clicking!
Re: Show HN: A simple memorable site to view and easily copy your public IP address
#4> An ad/script blocker has blocked the ability to view your public IP. This is BS. :-( Googling "what's my IP" is pretty memorable as well.
Yeah, I know - it uses ipify.org and my guess is some sites might use it for tracking, which is a shame. Note that no ads or tracking are used for the site, and I added a page showing uBlock users how to only allow calls to ipify from this domain. While Google and https://api.ipify.org/ are cool and fast and memorable, this started as a side project to make it easy to copy and display in the tab title as well (plus I…
Why ipify though? I connected to you. You already have my IP.
Re: Show HN: A simple memorable site to view and easily copy your public IP address
#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, I know - it uses ipify.org and my guess is some sites might use it for tracking, which is a shame. Note that no ads or tracking are used for the site, and I added a page showing uBlock users how to only allow calls to ipify from this domain. While Google and https://api.ipify.org/ are cool and fast and memorable, this started as a side project to make it easy to copy and display in the tab title as well (plus I…
Why ipify though? I connected to you. You already have my IP.
Another goal was to keep this super cheap, quick, and familiar, so this uses a static site hosted on S3. Pennies per month, but no server-side power.
I'm not a web dev by trade, so perhaps there's a way to make it work. Maybe using WebRTC with a fallback to ipify for IE. Something to investigate!
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#6I prefer ip4.me personally.
Re: Show HN: A simple memorable site to view and easily copy your public IP address
#7> An ad/script blocker has blocked the ability to view your public IP. This is BS. :-( Googling "what's my IP" is pretty memorable as well.
Yeah, I know - it uses ipify.org and my guess is some sites might use it for tracking, which is a shame. Note that no ads or tracking are used for the site, and I added a page showing uBlock users how to only allow calls to ipify from this domain. While Google and https://api.ipify.org/ are cool and fast and memorable, this started as a side project to make it easy to copy and display in the tab title as well (plus I…
Update: I've changed the API used from ipify.org to ipapi.co, which plays more nicely with uBlock.
Re: Show HN: A simple memorable site to view and easily copy your public IP address
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why ipify though? I connected to you. You already have my IP.
Another goal was to keep this super cheap, quick, and familiar, so this uses a static site hosted on S3. Pennies per month, but no server-side power. I'm not a web dev by trade, so perhaps there's a way to make it work. Maybe using WebRTC with a fallback to ipify for IE. Something to investigate!
Maybe you can create a lambda function and connect to it through api gateway. You can get one million calls free each month.